Strong's Lexicon

H4696

H4696 — מֵצַח

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmetsachnoun mascOccurrences: 13TWOT: 1233a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4696
Word:	מֵצַח
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from an unused root meaning to be clear, i.e. conspicuous
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	13
Transliteration:	metsach
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	may'-tsakh
Meaning:	1. the forehead (as open and prominent)
KJV Renderings:	brow, forehead, + impudent.

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מֵ֫צַח noun masculine^{Exod 3:8} brow, forehead; — ׳ מ absolute Ezek 3:7, construct Exod 28:28; Jer 3:3 suffix מִצְחֲךָ Ezek 3:8; Isa 48:4, מִצְחֶ֑וֺ Ezek 3:9 מִצְחוֺ Exod 28:38 + 4 t.; מִצְחָם Exod 3:8 plural construct מִצְחוֺת Ezek 9:4 — brow, forehead, struck by stone from David's sling 1Sam 17:49 (twice in verse); Aaron's forehead Exod 28:38 (twice in verse); place where leprosy appears 2Chr 26:19; 2Chr 26:20 place for a distinguishing mark or cross Ezek 9:4 ׳ חִזְקֵימֿ Ezek 3:7 the house of Israel are stout of forehead (i.e. obstinate; || קְשֵׁילֵֿב), compare Ezek 3:8 so מִצְהֲךָ נְחוּשָׁה Isa 48:4 thy brow (is) brass (|| גִּיד בַּרְזֶל עָרְפֶּ֑ךָ); also of boldness, firmness of prophet Isa 48:8, and Isa 48:9 (but dele ᵐ5 Co); אִשָּׁה ׳ זוֺנָה הָיָה לָךְ מ Jer 3:3, i.e. thou wast shameless (|| מֵאַנְתְּ הִכָּלֵם).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מצח (meh’-tzagh)

Exodus 28:38

KJV: And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord.

EHCC: it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead,

Exodus 188:17

EHCC: 49. smote the Philistine in Ais forehead, that

2 Chronicles 26:19

KJV: Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, from beside the incense altar.

EHCC: the even rose up in Ais

Jeremiah 3:3

KJV: Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

EHCC: and thou hadst a whore's forehead,

Ezekiel 8:7

KJV: And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.

EHCC: the house of Israel (are) impudent (marg.

Ezekiel 9:4

KJV: And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.set a mark: Heb. mark a mark

EHCC: set a roark upon ihe orton